Women’s lacrosse would become CU’s 17th NCAA-sanctioned sport. A minimum of 16 sports must be conducted for a university to retain Division I status.

Bohn told the Camera’s Kyle Ringo in December that the school would add a women’s sport. Choosing women’s lacrosse comes as no surprise. Bohn previously pointed out that girls lacrosse is the fastest growing high school sport in Colorado. That gives CU a local reporting base.

Bohn previously stated that he hoped the new sport could begin competition by the 2013-14 academic year.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.